“Isocandles” proposed by Benford is very interesting, but in order to choose a certain horizontal angle, we can not get it directly.
In this paper, another type of isocandles is prsented. The web consists of concentric circles and radial lines. The former represent the vertical angles θ and the latter the horizontal ones φ. The radius of the circle has the length of √2 R sin θ/2 where R is the largest radius. The scale of θ is practically uniform. The horizontal angles have their actual values.
This type of isocandles has the following advantages, (1) it represents the actual horizontal angles, and (2) it enable us to get the total hemispherical lumens, though it is inferior to that of Benford to see the features in both hemispheres at a time.
The loci of the great circles are also shown. The tables given by Benford can be used effectively.
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